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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Brooch | BERK-573146 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| A copper alloy Colchester derivative (double lug) brooch. The brooch has a long narrow bow decorated with a single rib running down the length of the brooch. The catchplate is perforated. The wings are semi-circular in section, open at the back. There is the double perforated lug present at th... | |||||
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Brooch | ESS-AB7C36 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British ‘Colchester’ type two piece brooch. The wings on this brooch are complete and semicylindrical. Behind the head is complete lug with two perforations that is holding the surviving spring coil, though nothing else of the pin survives. There is a r... | |||||
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Vessel | SF-3A6BF3 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| A heavy bronze casting of quasi-cylindical form. This object, in the form of an animal's head, was made as one of a pair to fit on the ends of a rod forming the drop-handle of a vessel or box. It is 18mm long and oval in section, being 11mm diameter in the shorter (vertical) axis and 14mm diamet... | |||||
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Vessel | HESH-5322B4 |
Medieval | Herefordshire |
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| Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic spout from a 15th-century pedestal-base ewer. The spout is in the shape of a dog's head, and is sub-rectangular in both plan and profile, with a sub-triangular cross section. It measures 78.2mm in length, 48.5mm in width, and is 17.6mm thick. It weighs 59.49 grams. ... | |||||
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Brooch | BERK-CEBC67 |
Early medieval | Berkshire |
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| An Early Medieval copper-alloy bird brooch. The brooch is incomplete and abraded and the breaks do not appear to be modern.The head of the bird is broken off and missing and there is some damage to the fan-shaped tail. The feet are joined together leaving a hole at the bottom; front and rear... | |||||
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Brooch | HESH-D198C3 |
Roman | Shropshire |
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| Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester Derivative (Polden Hill) brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The brooch is incomplete. The bow of the brooch has a curved (comma shaped) profile, and has a D shaped cross section. It is 77mm long, 14.9mm wide and 13.6mm thick. The body of the broo... | |||||
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Brooch | HESH-4FE278 |
Roman | Shropshire |
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| Copper alloy two-piece Colchester Derivative (Polden Hill) brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The bow of the brooch has a curved (comma shaped) profile, and has a D shaped cross section. It is 52.6mm long, 10.4mm wide and 14.8mm thick. The body of the brooch tapers from a thick rounded head t... | |||||
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Mount | WMID-FAFA06 |
Medieval | Staffordshire |
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| Fragment of a probable cast copper alloy mount (possibly without rivets) in the style of a griffin's head (length: 18.5mm; width; 24mm; thickness: 2.5mm; weight: 5.24g). The fragemtn has a flat side profile with a pointed ear projecting from the back of the head and a curved, pointed beak at the... | |||||
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Brooch | LIN-0E02D6 |
Early medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| Foot from a copper-alloy cruciform brooch. The moulded foot is in the form of a beast's head with a shovel-shaped snout. The foot terminates with a small integral loop. A similar object from Lincolnshire is recorded on the database as LIN-87E077. | |||||
| Seal matrix | SF-8DD1F3 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Small copper ally hexagonal-topped personal seal-matrix with (centre) an image of a human face, not apparently like the head of John the Baptrist on a plate but with hood as if cowled. This within a beaded ring, with a legend circumscribed IE SV SEL. This is nothing to do with Jesus (IESVS) but N... | |||||
| Dividers | SF-A3C1A5 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A complete copper-alloy spindle from a pair of Roman dividers in the shape of a bovine head. This spindle consists of a shaft, 21mm in length and 5.5mm in gauge, cast as a square but with the corners of the shaft rounded off, perhaps with a file. It has a rectangular slit through it and at... | |||||
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Strap fitting | SF-B4B0C2 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| All the mounts described below are copper-alloy bar mounts with terminal and central lobes. 1: Complete mount, measuring 36.5mm in length and 5.5mm in width and 12mm in width across its central circular shaped lobe. This central lobe is hollow and its front face projects it has Longitudinal... | |||||
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Mount | BUC-B66B04 |
Early medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| A copper alloy bird's head, broken off a larger object, perhaps a brooch, a pendant, an inlay or mount. The bird has a long curved beak delineated by an incised line. The birds other features include a large roughly almond shaped eye and a ruff or collar, below which is the break. The back is fl... | |||||
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Brooch | WILT-CD6902 |
Roman | Wiltshire |
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| Incomplete copper alloy openwork Roman brooch, a square-on-its-points in shape with concave edges and a D-shaped knop on each point. It is missing the shank of its pin.The brooch measures 35x35mm. It is flat on the reverse but slightly concave. The opposite side is rounded and the edges of the sq... | |||||
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Mount | WMID-0BE376 |
Roman | Staffordshire |
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| A complete cast copper alloy mount in the form of a zoomorphic probable equine head (length: 41.5mm; width: 33mm; thickness: 14.2mm; weight: 36.73g). Of Roman provincial type, the equine head has strong facial features including small incised holes for the lop-sided nostrils as well as a deep in... | |||||
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Pin | SF-342A02 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| A copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The head of this pin is biconical measuring 10.1mm in height and 8.5mm in width. There is a circumferencail collar where the head joins the shaft. The shaft is incomplete as its tip is missing due to an old break. It is bent roughly half way down at a c4... | |||||
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Brooch | ESS-5D5EE7 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Fragment of copper alloy Romano-British knee brooch. This fragment represents the incomplete bow and foot of the brooch. The head of the brooch is entirely missing, as is part of the upper bow. The fragment essentially starts at the downturn of the bow, with everything above missing. The front of... | |||||
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Brooch | ESS-5D6DC5 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Fragment of copper alloy Romano-British ‘Colchester type’ brooch. This fragment represents the damaged head of the brooch. |One wing survives intact and is semicylindrical. The other survives as little more than a stump. The pierced lug at the back of the head is missing, and is only ... | |||||
| Coin | YORYM-B35E27 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Radiate of Tetricus I (contemporary copy). | |||||
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Coin | CORN-BDBA33 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| silver denarius of Hadrian (AD 117-138) | |||||
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Pin | BH-DEA8D4 |
Early medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| Incomplete copper-alloy pin of middle early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The head of the pin is a flattened bi-conical shape and measures 8.7mm diameter by 7.6mm high. A simple raised collar exists between the base of the head and the shaft. The remaining portion of the shaft measures 25.4mm long... | |||||
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Jews harp | KENT-E038F6 |
Post medieval | Kent |
xml | csv json |
| 18th Century Jaws Harp | |||||
| Coin | YORYM-44F4C5 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Reduced Nummus of Constantine I. | |||||
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Stud | WMID-DB9F65 |
Roman | Staffordshire |
xml | csv json |
| A cast circular copper alloy stud/ fastener with remains of enamel on upper surface (diameter: 20mm; thickness: 3.5mm; length of shaft at back: 3.2mm; weight: 3.64g). A slightly convex stud with floral design on the upper face. Six petals surround a central ring of red enamel, within which woul... | |||||
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Unidentified object | BUC-EE2547 |
Unknown | Buckinghamshire |
xml | csv json |
| Part of a probably copper alloy object, with red corrosion products showing through the surface. The object looks like a long necked bird's head but may be part of a poorly preserved buckle frame? | |||||
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Strap fitting | LEIC-EF3016 |
Post medieval | Leicestershire |
xml | csv json |
| Post-medieval copper-alloy snake-belt fitting. 38mm long, 15mm wide, with a weight of 5.79 grams. The object is S-shaped, and is widest in the middle where it is 6mm across. The snake's head is very stylised and resembles a hound more than a reptile, having a pronounced snout. The body is covere... | |||||
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Brooch | GLO-1B6B35 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
xml | csv json |
| Polden hill brooch Roman 1st-2nd century Length 49mm, width 15mm, width 3mm Copper alloy, semicircular, concave cross-sectioned wings with a backwards facing lug on either end. Both lugs have a hole in the centre for the spring support bar, spring complete and most of the pin is sti... | |||||
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Brooch | GLO-1BEEF4 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| Polden hill brooch Roman 1st-2nd century Length 65mm, width 24mm, width 4.5mm Copper alloy, semicircular, concave cross-sectioned wings with a backwards facing lug on either end. Both lugs have a hole towards the rear outside edge (both holes are broken) for the spring support bar... | |||||
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Button and loop fastener | HESH-7134D1 |
Roman | Herefordshire |
xml | csv json |
| Incomplete cast copper alloy button and loop fastener of Wild's Class III which dates from 50-150 AD. The head of the button and loop fastener is sub-oval (tear-drop or petal shaped) in plan and elliptical in cross-section. The edges of the button head are slightly beveled. It measures 19.... | |||||
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Coin | SOMDOR-E93196 |
Roman | Somerset |
xml | csv json |
| Radiate of Tetricus I. AD 271 - 274 | |||||
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